is it worth it?

[jsefcik]

i was looking a rifled pvc pipe for spudguns( on spudguntechnolgy center.com)

they say its 50 percent increase in distance? is it worth the money overall?

[velocity3x]

i was looking a rifled pvc pipe for spudguns( on spudguntechnolgy center.com)

they say its 50 percent increase in distance? is it worth the money overall?

IMO.... I doubt you'll see much (if any) gain in performance.

[warhead052]

I agree with velocity, but I thought you were trying to sell your cannons?

[jsefcik]

I agree with velocity, but I thought you were trying to sell your cannons?

its only ideas, im still trying to sell that one cannon if your still interested


has anyone ever had the rifled pvc barrel to test it?

[Fnord]

Rifling will improve your accuracy, but not the power/distance your cannon produces.

I remember a test someone did, comparing a rifled to and unrifled barrel, I don't know where the results are located but the rifling gave a pretty noticeable decrease in group size.
Yeah, it's still a potato and it's not going the shave the fleas off a dog's back at 400 yards, but if you're target shooting it may be worth it.

[SpudFarm]

http://www.burntlatke.com/rifle50.html

IMO it is just canals for the gas to escape around the projectile in most cases

[jsefcik]

im just looking for distance, i only shoot over lakes ,no targets and fields

[jimmy101]

Rifling will improve your accuracy, but not the power/distance your cannon produces.

Depending on your ammo rifling may well increase the distance and the power at distance at some small expense in the power at the muzzle. A "bullet" shaped round will fly farther from a rifled barrel.